OpenPlotter
https://sailoog.gitbooks.io/openplotter-documentation/en/
Contents
general
Aim
- fit a cheap and open source ECDIS on board of a sailing vessel
- yacht has SeaTalkng network (/w Raymarine iTC-5 Converter)
- VHV radio (Navman VHF 7100)
- autopilot (Raymarine Evolution EV-200 Sail)
- sumlog (VDO)
- depth sounder (???)
- wind & close hauled/VMG instrument (Raymarine Wind ST50 Plus)
- gps (Garmin GPS 126)
- AIS Class-B transceiver ( http://www.allaboutais.com/index.php/en/products/products-on-the-market )
- battery monitor (Victron BMV-700)
Parts (boat specific)
- Seatalkng extensions:
- Spur-Kabel mit 1 offenen Ende 3m Art.-Nr: A06044 EUR 40,-
- 5-Wege-Verbinder Art.-Nr: A06064 EUR 35,- (alternativ T-Stück Art.-Nr.: A06028 EUR 25,-)
- Backbone-Kabel 0,40m - A06033 EUR 30,-
Mini-PC
- Raspberry Pi 3 Model B+ EUR 35,-
- 16GB MicroSD Card EUR 10,-
- PiCAN 2 EUR 45,- or PiCAN 2 incl. SMPS EUR 52,-
openPlotter
Setup Pi:
- see also
- update openCPN
- upgrade Raspbian
- upgrade to openPlotter 0.17.1
- Preferences > Raspberry Configuration > Interfaces > SSH:enable (Remote-access via WinSCP and Putty defaults pi:raspberry)
- sudo apt-get install tightvncserver (make RDP working)
- sudo apt-get install can-utils
- sudo apt-get install mc
Setup Android:
- RDC from playStore (working)
- aRDP free from playStore (suits my needs best)
Setup piCAN2:
- see also
- https://dayba.wordpress.com/category/canbus/pican2/
- http://forum.openmarine.net/showthread.php?tid=92&page=2
- https://www.dropbox.com/sh/88dxdzrbea7jlhv/AAD_Q8XRdB3bRrRbPQRrbST-a?dl=0 (all changes to file-system, NOT uptodate)
- (in case you want to play with virtual-can-interfaces) add to /etc/modules
vcan
- add to /boot/config.txt
dtparam=spi=on dtoverlay=mcp2515-can0,oscillator=16000000,interrupt=25 dtoverlay=spi-bcm2835-overlay
- add to /etc/network/interfaces (might be overwritten by /home/pi/.config/openplotter/wifi_server.py!)
source /etc/network/interfaces.d/*
- add to /etc/network/interfaces/interfaces.d/can0
#physical can interfaces allow-hotplug can0 iface can0 can static bitrate 250000 down /sbin/ip link set $IFACE down up /sbin/ifconfig $IFACE txqueuelen 10000
- (in case you want to play with virtual-can-interfaces) add to /etc/network/interfaces/interfaces.d/vcan0
#virtual can interfaces auto vcan0 iface vcan0 inet manual pre-up /sbin/ip link add dev $IFACE type vcan up /sbin/ifconfig $IFACE up
- check interfaces (can0 and vcan0)
ifconfig
- install canboat
mkdir ~/canboat cd ~/canboat sudo apt-get install xsltproc git clone git://github.com/canboat/canboat cd canboat sudo make sudo make install
- add to /home/pi/.openplotter/openplotter-settings.json (OP ver 0.17.0)
{
"id": "n2k-can0",
"pipeElements": [
{
"type": "providers/execute",
"options": {
"command": "candump can0 | candump2analyzer "
}
},
{
"type": "providers/liner",
"options": {
"rawlogging": true,
"logdir": "logs",
"discriminator": "2"
}
},
{
"type": "providers/n2kAnalyzer"
},
{
"type": "providers/n2k-signalk"
}
]
}
configure kplex and signalk
- 'Signal K Server Plugin Configuration' > activate 'Convert Signal K to NMEA0183'
- select sentences you are interested in
- NMEA0183 (this is kplex) > Advanced >
- add input channel tcp:localhost:10110
- remove filter at opencpn out channel
[tcp] name=signalk_in direction=in address=localhost port=10110 [tcp] name=opencpn direction=out mode=server port=10109
experimental
- https://github.com/chacal/signalk-socketcan-device
- add to add to /home/pi/.openplotter/openplotter-settings.json
{"pipeElements": [
{"type": "providers/execute", "options": {"command": "candump can0 | candump2analyzer | analyzer -json -si -nv"}},
{"type": "providers/liner"},
{"type": "providers/from_json"},
{"type": "signalk-socketcan-device", "options": {"n2kAddress": 110, "canDevice": "can0"}},
{"type": "providers/n2k-signalk"}
],"id": "n2k-can0"
}
blackBox
setup minibian
- see also
- download minibian https://minibianpi.wordpress.com/download/
- setup minibian https://minibianpi.wordpress.com/setup/
- resize SD-card https://minibianpi.wordpress.com/how-to/resize-sd/
- enable wifi https://minibianpi.wordpress.com/how-to/rpi3/
setup piCAN2
- see also:
- install can-utils
apt-get install can-utils
- add to /boot/config.txt
dtparam=spi=on dtoverlay=mcp2515-can0,oscillator=16000000,interrupt=25 dtoverlay=spi-bcm2835-overlay
- add to /etc/modules
vcan
- add to /etc/network/interfaces
source /etc/network/interfaces.d/*
- add to /etc/network/interfaces/interfaces.d/can0
#physical can interfaces allow-hotplug can0 iface can0 can static bitrate 250000 down /sbin/ip link set $IFACE down up /sbin/ifconfig $IFACE txqueuelen 10000
- add to /etc/network/interfaces/interfaces.d/vcan0
#virtual can interfaces auto vcan0 iface vcan0 inet manual pre-up /sbin/ip link add dev $IFACE type vcan up /sbin/ifconfig $IFACE up
- install canboat
apt-get install xsltproc apt-get install gcc apt-get install make apt-get install git mkdir ~/canboat cd ~/canboat git clone git://github.com/canboat/canboat cd canboat sudo make sudo make install
signalK
apt-get update apt-get install -y curl git build-essential dialog curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_8.x | bash - apt-get install nodejs apt-get install libnss-mdns avahi-utils libavahi-compat-libdnssd-dev npm install -g --unsafe-perm signalk-server signalk-server-setup reboot
- note: Firefox does not work well on web-admin-ui https://github.com/SignalK/signalk-server-node/issues/486
- add admin-user via admin-ui and log-in
- add canboat Data-Provider via Admin-UI (stored in <yourhomedir>/.signalk/settings.json )
{
"id": "canboat",
"pipeElements": [
{
"type": "providers/simple",
"options": {
"logging": false,
"type": "NMEA2000",
"subOptions": {
"type": "canbus",
"interface": "vcan0"
}
}
}
],
"enabled": true
}
